You don't "have" to use one of theirs, but theirs are the only ones that have the DTV decoders in them, so if you actually want to be able to have it flip to a specific channel and record something, you have to use theirs.
The good news is they are much cheaper than they used to be. Don't settle for paying list on their site, call them up and see what kind of deal they will give you. Just mention that you want a DVR but you are thinking about switching to cable to get one. Once you get one, if you are in the mood to hack the thing, you can add all sorts of capabilities to it. I have mine hacked to add wireless networking support, record shows unencrypted so I can pull them off and burn them to DVD. It has ftp servers for movies and for the general root filesystem. It also has a web server so I can log in remotely and tell it to record stuff. It even has a feature so I can stream shows to my pc, though I don't usually bother with that. If you are interested in it, there is a whole underground of legal hacking to the Tivo at www.dealdatabase.com. --------------- Rob Munn www.funkymojo.com On 3/15/06, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My wife and I are considering getting a DVR. We have DirecTV Satellite > service. Does anyone know if they force you to use one of their DVRs > or can you pick up any 3rd party DVR? > If it's the later, does anyone have good recommendations for a good > DVR, preferably one that will allow us to burn movies to a DVD and > being able to watch a show while recording another show would be cool > too. > > > Thanks for the help > > GM > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200176 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
